Rpi and Berry Digipro +....what am I missing?

[jimk04]

Rpi and Berry DAC+pro +....what am I missing?

I lucked upon the above combo complete with nice steel box and genuine Raspberry smps wall wart.

Using Volumio, set up assumingly correctly as I2S...it sounds crap. Just subjectively crap, no measurements I'm afraid. Using it to stream Spotify, my phone, tv and set top box all sound better, even if I don't use my external Cambridge DAC Magic.

I know volume control can steal SQ but have tried various settings there. I don't understand all the different filters so have left alone there.

I read that this Hat dac isn't the best out there but is it this bad? I haven't yet got it to see my upnp so can't try it with lossless flac files.....thats another story to resolve!

I am keen to embrace the pi thing but don't want to invest too much more in it if the inherent recipe isn't working for me.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[DRONE7]

What is the device you are outputting the digital signal from the Digi+ Pro to...? optical or coax ?
This is it right...
HiFiBerry Digi+ Pro | HiFiBerry
It's not a dac....

Or are you outputting from the pi onboard analog audio ? That definitely sounds poor... ;-)

 

[jimk04]

Well you have just set me straight in one respect.... the link isn't what I have. I have a DAC so I apologise for misinformation.

I have a DAC+ pro.

I have been outputting from the stereo rca to tpa3255 and 7498. Both sound awful. Kind of a phasey weirdness that gives you ear and headache straightaway.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[DRONE7]

Ok, could be a driver or os incompatibility...

Try downloading and flashing your sd card with MoOde...
moodeaudio.org

In the audio configuration section select your HiFi berry dac

and check out the super helpful forum if problems persist...

Moode Forum

 

[jimk04]

So is Moode known to extract a better sound than Volumio?

 

[DRONE7]

Users would say yes.
I'm suggesting it as a known working os with your devices and users on that forum with that hardware able to help with settings etc.

This is assuming the hardware is not faulty but trying another os other than Volumio would test that too...

 

[jimk04]

Thankyou

 

[Indiglo]

I have the Hifi Berry DAC+ standard connected to my amplifier via the RCA outputs using Volumio and it sounds fine. You may want to check the playback options in Volumio, maybe there's an option that is enabled that shouldnt be. If you want some additonal tone controls you can install the simple equaliser plugin.

As Volumio and Moode are basically the same same under the user interface the sound quality will be the same. The operating system has no impact on audio quality.

No need to spend money on expensive DAC boards, the DAC+PRO is all you need.

 

[jimk04]

My set up is..

Output device : Hifi Berry DAC plus

I2s dac : on

DAC model : Hifi Berry DAC plus

Dsd play mode : dsd over pcm (dop)

Dsd auto volume : off

Volume norm. : off

Audio buffer :8mb

Buffer :20%

Volume mixer :hardware

Mixer control name : digital

Start up vol :100

Max vol: 100

Steps: 1

Vol curve : normal

Mpd vol : on

Audio resampling : on

Target bit depth : native

Target sample rate : native

Resampling algorithm: high

 

[Indiglo]

Try this:

Dsd play mode: DSD Direct
Audio resampling: Off

Save settings then restart Volumio.

 

[jimk04]

Thanks I will

 

[jonners]

You say you have the DAC+ Pro but your settings show DAC+. I don't know about Volumio, but in Moode there are separate settings for those and you would need to check that you have the right one.

 

[jimk04]

In the output device there are options of hdmi, stereo Jack or the dac. It does list as dac+ pro in the drop down. I think it abbreviated to just dac+ once the drop down has closed
But granted....in the DAC type drop down there is no dac+ pro, just dac+.

I haven't tried the earlier suggestions yet, but I am considering also trying a different dac model but with same chipset. Such as an allo boss.

 

[jimk04]

This is sounding better.....thanks

 

[jimk04]

I loaded Moode. Took a bit of head scratching but got there. I think it sounds better than Volumio and it does seem more stable. Not sussed out upnp yet. Bubbleupnp hasn't found it yet.

 

[erneweit]

You will have to go into the configuration page via the gear looking icon in the top right. Hit "Configure", then hit the "system" button. From this page you should be able to turn on your UPNP renderer. Also you can configure your spotify on that page too. If you have premium spotify you can change the quality to 320kbps.

Hope that helps!